Merlot

Homeland in Bordeaux with light fruity for immediate consumption improve with: oak and bottle maturation

Grows in moderate and warm climates

Usually dry with medium acidity and medium tannis primary character changes with ripeness (

if it is just ripe , is light to medium body with fresh trust strawberry, red plum and some herbaceous note ( green bell pepper )
Riper Merlot is medium to full body cooked black fruit blackberry black plum

Merlot is often blended with high tannis such us Cabernet Sauvignon

To lower the tannis level

Merlot can be oaked or unoaked

Important . Region
Bordeaux moderate climate and high level of rainfall

Bordeaux AOC or Bordeaux superieur AOC are usually Merlot dominant blends
Most famous saint emilion AOC and pomerol AOC on right bank

Languedoc roussillon
Southern France labelled pays d’oc IGP

USA
Napa valley and Sonoma
Usually fruity medium to full bodied

Chile
Central Valley soft and medium bodied Merlot

South Africa
Stellenbosch in South Africa
Complex aged Merlot with moderate to warm climate

Australia
Margaret river

New Zealand hawkes bay